After Carroll, 1988, Tintori & Sassi, 1992, and Lombardo, 1999
<==o Peltopleuriformes |--o †Peltopleuridae ?Bough, 1939? | |?-o †Peripeltopleurus | | `-- †P. vexillipinnis Bürgin, 1992 | |--o †Peltopleurus Kner, 1866a, M. Trias. EAs. M.-U. Trias. Eu. [11 sp. (Lombardo, 1999)] | | |-- †P. sp.1 | | |-- †P. sp.2 | | |-- †P. sp.3 | | |-- †P. rugosus4 | | |-- †P. humilis | | |-- †P. lissocephalus Brough, 1939 | | |-- †P. nothocephalus | | |-- †P. splendens Kner, 1866a | | |-- †P. dirumptus | | |-- †P. nuptialis Lombardo, 1999 [incl. P. humilis Kner in partim] | | `-- †P. kneri | `--o †Placopleurus M.-U. Trias. Eu. | |-- †P. primus Brough, 1939 | `-- †P. besanensis `--+-- †Hadroichthys `?-o †Thoracopteridae Griffith, 1977 `--o †Thoracopterus Bronn, 1858 [Urocomus; Pterygopterus; Gigantopterus] |-- †T. niederristi |-- †T. telleri [Gigantopterus] |-- †T. martinisi Tintori & Sassi, 1992 `-- †T. magnificus Tintori & Sassi, 1987 [Urocomus picenus]
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
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–Palaeontology: Vol. 42, #4, pp. 741-766 - Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
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